State v. Creeley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. W. M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) Defendant’s instruction in the nature of a •demurrer requested at the close of the State’s case, should have been given. There is no proof that the property mentioned in the information was stolen. State v. Smith, 37 Mo. 68; State v. Honig, 9' Mo. App. '298; State v. Honig, 78 Mo. 249; State v. Pink, 186 Mo. •50. There was no proof that defendant knew that it was stolen.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. W. M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) Defendant’s instruction in the nature of a •demurrer requested at the close of the State’s case, should have been given. There is no proof that the property mentioned in the information was stolen. State v. Smith, 37 Mo. 68; State v. Honig, 9' Mo. App. '298; State v. Honig, 78 Mo. 249; State v. Pink, 186 Mo. •50. There was no proof that defendant knew that it was stolen. State v. Smith, 37 Mo. 58; Regina v. Droge, 14 Cox C. C. 83; State v. Fink, 186 Mo. 50. (2) Instruction number 5 should not have been given because it…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
Defendant appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of St. Louis city, in which court he was convicted and adjudged to serve a term of two years in the penitentiary for the crime of receiving stolen goods.
*387He was charged with receiving a gold watch worth $150, and several other articles of jewelry, which had been stolen from one Henry W. Gildehaus, a resident of St. Louis. Mr. Gildehaus fully identified the property described in the information as belonging to him, but his explanation of how some of it passed out of his possession is vague.
The strongest testimony indicating that any of it…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- State v. DarrahSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- State v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- State v. HonigSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
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